[HPforGrownups] God in HP World

[Andrew MacIan]

No: HPFGUIDX 34096

Greetings from Andrew!

A short response, sans comment....
--- Ronald Rae Yu <ickle_ronniekins at yahoo.com> wrote:
{snip}
> My questions: Are these just expressions with no
> religious significance whatsoever?

Yes, a very common one in the UK and the US.

> I noticed that
> the
> capital 'G' god is used. What god are they referring
> to? 

This is accepted English usage, and to read anything
else into it is, well, reading more into it than is
there.

> Expression or not, does this prove the existence
> of a god (and their recognition of its existence) in
> the Wizarding World?

No.  Vide supra.

> 
> What about Harry's having a godfather? Is godfather
> here a Christian / religious thing?

It can be, but it ain't necessarily so. There was an
*extensive* discussion of this here not that long ago.
 I'd suggest you use the search function in the
message archives, rather than shorten the half-life of
the topic.

{snip}

Cheers,

Drieux

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